that may be true, however you got to accept the mission on monria, don't you? flying monria <> caly costs money, so if you want to save money, you better stay on monria as long as the EP1 skilling is going on.
I think you are misunderstanding my remark. All I was doing is sharing one particular piece of knowledge that is not well known. A lot of people assume this mission has to be done on Monria or will not count, I merely wanted to just let it be known that this isn't the case.
If he is level 0, then sure, go ahead and make some useless explo projectiles for a while, but if he is a few levels up, he might want to do some research and figure out if there's something he could craft for mu instead, as that is the only way to break even or come out ahead a little. It is unknown what level crafter he is so I can't advise on that.
But there are a lot of metal components that can be crafted for profit atm, for example basic sheet metal is selling well on auction for a steady (albeit small) profit, same with Durable Hood (a bit higher level that one), and some Mountings...
Anyway I'm not going to serve it all up on a silver platter, some work/research on your part has to be done, but it's possible to skill AND make a bit of profit, just have to do your homework. But fot that, you might want to be on Caly, so a bit of travelling back and forth would be required.
Is it worth it? Sure. Especially since MA removed the 2 ped fee to enter the planet. It will cost you 10 pec space thruster decay for re-entry into Caly and a bit of fuel, and you will get 75 pec engineering, which has a much higher worth and mu than Oil and Space Thrusters.
Anyway, I think I've laid it out for you, just gotta look into it for yourself and make up your own mind about what I'm saying.
Legends
PS: But don't do 100 clicks, tally your results and then say it's not profitable, that's not how crafting works. You keep track of all your runs for a week and your auction sales and then you'll have a better picture of it long-term.
PPS: another thing to consider is doing mothership repair runs for skills, you get lots of engineering that way and it's pretty cheap imo for someone on a limited budget.